Shoe-last.



PATENTED JULY 4L, 1905.

A R. GARBOD.

SHUE LAST.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 10, 1904!.

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L jut-ltIlE -luf tttfu SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.794,002, dated July 4, 1905.

Application filed March 10, 190 i. Serial lilo. 197,409. (Modem .To a.when) [It may concern.-

lle it known that l, ALnmrl. 1t. Gannon, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, Flatbush, borough of jllrooklyn,in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and.lnun-oved cihoe-Last, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

This invention relates to shoe-lasts; and it consists, substantially, inthe improvements pointed out in the accompanying claims, a particularembodiment of which is described in the specification and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings.

lhe principal object of the invention is to provide a shoe-last of aconstruction by which to impart to the tread or under surface of thesole of a shoe made thereon a curvature or form tending to turn the footof the wearer of the shoe in an outward direction in the act of w al kin The above and additional objects may be attained by meanssubstantially such as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters ofreference indicate corres 'ionding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side view showing the outside of a shoe-last for the leftfoot embodying my impmvements. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking at thesame last from the opposite side to that shown in the preceding figure.Fig. 3 is an end view of the same last looking at it from the left inFig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view taken in section on the lines (1/,7;, and a, respectively, of Fig. l and showing diagrammaticallv theoperation of the tread or under surface of the sole of a shoe made uponmy improved last; and Fig. 5 is a small top plan view of the left last,the dotted lines indicat ing the outward direction in which the foot ofthe wearer of a shoe made thereon is caused to turn in walking.

its is well known, the natural tendency of one or both feet of manypersons is to turn inwardly on striking the ground in walking, thisbeing especially true in the case of children, due to some physicalweakness of the foot or ankle or else to lack of thought on the part ofthe child or neglect of training on the part of the parent, and, ashereinbefore suggested, it is the purpose of the present invention toprovide a last for imparting such qualities to the sole of a shoe madethereon as to overcome the tendency referred to.

tipecilic reference being had to the drawings by the designatingcharacters marked thereon, 1 represents my improved last in entirety andwhich, as shown, is designed for the formz'ttion of a shoe to [it theleft foot of the wearer. The upper structure 2 of the last may be of anydesired form to correspond with the particular shape of the upper of theshoe to be made thereon, while the base thereof forwardly of the shank 3of the last is given a shape for accomplishing the abovementionedobjects. At substantially the region indicated by the line a in Fig. lthe bottom of the last, and consequently the bottom of the shoe, has acurved surface portion l extending between the outside points,(marked cc in Fig. L) to which an imaginary base plane 6 is tangent at the point5, which is located near one side of the last. This curved portionextends upwardly in both directions outwardly from the point 5 and alsorises to ward the toe on the outside ol? the last, but on the insideextends downwardly again until it emerges with a reversely-slopedsurface portion 7 extending between the points marked I) I in Fig. eland touching said base plane at the point 8. Finally the curved bottomsurface slopes gradually upward and outwardly to the line a in Fig. 1(shown between the points It (I, in Fig. i) and forwardly to theextremity of the toe of the last, as indicated at the pointi). '.l.hereverse-slopes near the planes at the points 0 leave a depression at 10in the bottom of the last, as shown in the drawings, or, if desired,this portion may be constructed as a straight bearing-line between thepoints 5 and 8, extending diagonally across the bottom of the foot. ltwill thus be seen that the bottom of the last will rest on the points 5and 8 or on said straight line when placed on a level surface The outersole of a shoe made on the last is bent and secured to the upper orinsole thereof in such. manner that precisely the same curvature or formis given or imparted to the tread thereof as has been above describedwith reference to the base of the last, and in the use of the shoe inwalking the toe of the foot of the wearer will be caused to turnoutwardly, substantially as will be understood on referring to Fig. 5.The sole of the foot will normally rest on points on a linecorresponding to the points 5 and 8 on the last; but when the pressureof walking is applied the shoe will have to tilt until the sole of thefoot rests on the inclined surface represented in the vicinity of theplane taken at the line (a. This will cause the foot to turn outwardlyin an obvious manner. As the wearer walks along the weight of the bodyis gradually brought forward and applied at the toe of the shoe. Thepoints 5 and 8 furnish the pivot, and the shoe under the influence ofthe weight of the body will tilt over on this pivot. This pivot is aline which extends angularly across the base of the foot, andconsequently the tilting of the foot will be at an angle from thecentral line of the foot and in an outward direction. This is indicatedin Fig. 5.

It is thought the construction and advantages of my improvements will befully understood without further elucidation thereof.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A shoe-last having the base thereof in advance ofthe shank formed across the same with reversely-sloped surface portionsmerging into each other forwardly of the last, and both tangent to thesame imaginary plan e, and thence gradually sloping outwardly andupwardly to the forward end of the last.

2. A shoe-last having the base thereof in advance of the shank formed ofreverselysloped surface portions merging into each other forwardly ofthe last and both tangent to the same imaginary plane, one at a pointforward of the other and on the inside portion of the last, and eachgradually sloping upward from its point of tangency toward the toeportion of the last.

3. A shoe-last having on its bottom surface forward of the shank twonormal hearingpoints, one near each side of the last and one forward ofthe other, said surface sloping upwardl y in opposite directions fromsaid points.

4. YA shoe-last having on its bottom surface forward of the shank twonormal bearingpoints, one near each side thereof, the one on the insidebeing located forward of the other, said surface sloping upwardly fromsaid points at different inclinations forwardly of the last.

5. A shoe-last having on its bottom surface forward of the shank twonormal bearingpoints, one near each side of the last and one forward ofthe other, said bottom surface having a general upward slope forwardlyfrom both of said points, all points on the inside edge of said slopingsurface being lower than points directly opposite on the outside edge ofsaid surface.

6. A shoe-last having on its bottom surface forward of the shank twonormal hearingpoints, one near each side thereof, the one on the insidebeing located forward of the other so that a line connecting the twopoints will extend diagonally across the base of the last, said surfacehaving a general upward slope forwardly from said line, all points onthe inside edge of said sloping-surface beinglower than points directlyopposite on the outside edge of said surface.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALBERT R. GARROD. lVitnesses:

GEORGE D. RYDER, MANUEL CREsPo.

